CVE-2021-34409

Summary

CVECVE-2021-34409
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-27 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-06 18:10:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that the installation packages of the Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) installation before version 5.2.0, Zoom Client Plugin for Sharing iPhone/iPad before version 5.2.0, and Zoom Rooms for Conference before version 5.1.0, copy pre- and post- installation shell scripts to a user-writable directory. In the affected products listed below, a malicious actor with local access to a user's machine could use this flaw to potentially run arbitrary system commands in a higher privileged context during the installation process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Zoom Meetings All All All All
Application Zoom Rooms All All All All
Application Zoom Screen Sharing All All All All
Application Zoom Screen Sharing All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CWE - CWE-379: Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions (4.4) MISC cwe.mitre.org
Security Bulletins | Zoom CONFIRM explore.zoom.us
Security Bulletin | Zoom MISC explore.zoom.us
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Lockheed Martin Red Team

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377595 Zoom Client for Meetings Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (ZSB-21005)
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